[PD] Editing CSS style, make pd.info better? [WAS: puredata.info site design provocation]

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Both screenshots are a big improvement!  I'd be happy with either, but I prefer the dots.  Looking forward to seeing this go live!

.hc

On Mar 10, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:

> Hello folks,
> 
> I've been playing around with the CSS styles again.
> This time I implemented a similar style of the exhibition page to the homepage at puredata.info.
> I also decreased the global page width, and set it and its position in percentage, which makes it fluid across different browsers and platforms.
> Increased the font-size too.
> 
> I don't really like how Plone displays News and Recent Changes (table, odd and even).
> But this is something we could take care later on (if other ppl is bothered as me).
> 
> NOTE: I think better and bigger images would greatly enhance the look of the page.
> 
> See the attached screenshot.
> First is the style of the other time, the second is a similar style but without dotted background.
> I rather the dotted one.
> 
> This time I copied all the modification in css sheet, 
> __which means that if ppl likes this stuff, I can change the real CSS and put it on-line__
> I could do that between today and tomorrow.
> 
> let me know your thoughts,
> and if you have suggestion for the style. 
> Didn't add the much requested Download button because it has to be done outside of the CSS.
> 
> cheers,
> Marco 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Marco Donnarumma <devel at thesaddj.com> wrote:
> ehmm.. No, of course I didn't mean to just delete the IEM and credits colophons,
> that would be insane.
> 
> I only thought maybe we can make them look nicer, and prominent.
> Now it is not prominent at all at the bottom of the page, and so little.
> 
> Can we make new colophons or are there bigger, nicer ones?
> 
> Personally, I could leave those, but if we can make them better, why not..
> 
> M
> 
>  
> i'm not sure how i should answer this:
> - - technically, it's easy to remove/replace the colophon
> - - politically, i'm sure the iem would prefer to be mentioned prominently
> 
> 
> -- 
> Marco Donnarumma
> New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.
> ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
> The University of Edinburgh, UK
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
> Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com | http://www.thesaddj.com | http://www.flxer.net
> Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Marco Donnarumma
> New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.
> ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
> The University of Edinburgh, UK
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
> Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com | http://www.thesaddj.com | http://www.flxer.net
> Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
> <pd.info-homepage.png><pd.info-nobackground.png>



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